black beetle

1 of 2

noun (1)

: either of two glossy black burrowing beetles that are very destructive to turf and certain cultivated plants in Australia:

a

: a beetle (Heteronychus sanctae-helenae) that was accidentally introduced from Africa

b

: a native beetle (Metanastes vulgivagus)

blackbeetle

2 of 2

noun (2)

chiefly British

: oriental cockroach

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